Safety transport-carrier for electric incandescent lamps.



I. COOPER. SAFETY TRANSPORT CARRIER FOR ELECTRIC INGANDESUENT LAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

MARY ISABEL ooorna, on HOCKLEY, ENGLAND.

SAFETY TRANSPORT-CARRIER FOR ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug; 39, 191i).

Application filed June 11, 1909. Serial No. 5015M.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY ISABEL Coornn, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Hockley, county of Essex, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Safety Transport-Carriers forElectric Incandescent Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full,

clear, and exact :description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use th same. v 7

- This invention relates to a safety carrier for incandescent electriclam s to enable them to be packed in cases. or transport with reducedrisk of breakage. And further, enables the lamp to be tested andcompanying drawings.

Figures 1 and '2 illustrate the carrier with lamp in position. Fig. 3 across section on line on y.

. In the constructionof the carrier I take a strip of cardboardofsuitable width and bend it to have two upright sides I) with flat bottoma and secure between the upright sides I) by staples e a double rack apunched with top and bottom holes of a size to hold the lamp by the bulband socket part. The top ends of the uprights bare turned over to I formeither a double cover d as at F ig. 1 or a treble cover as shown at gE1g.-2. The covers dvor 9 have a small hole. punched in the middle forthe pip of the lamp. f a paper pro-' Witnesses:

seal secured to a cover and side Z). By two of the sides of carrierbeing open enables the lamp to be viewed and tested while in carrier andso prevent fraudulent subs-titution of returned breakages.

Having now described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is- 1. An incandescent lamp bulb carrier,comprising a housing having an imperforate bottom, a pair of imperforateside walls and an imperforate hinging top, means for supporting the lampbulb, and means for sealing said top, said housing being open on atleast one side, whereby the whole of the 'lamp'bulb may be examined andelectrical connections made to test the lamp before opening the package,substantially as described.

2. An incandescent lamp bulb carrier, comprising a housing formed from astrip of stifi flexible material bent upwardly to leave a centralportion or bottom and thence foldable downwardly to form .a top closure,said strip of material being of suficient width. to form a shield forsaid lamp bulb, and said housing being open on two sides, spacedinternal cross members carried by the upright walls of said'housing andprovided.with apertures of dilferent. diameters to snugly receive andsupport the bulb portion and the neck portion of the lamp, and means forsealing wsaid foldable top, the whole being so constructed that theentire lamp body may beexamined and electrical connections made .to testthe lamp before opening the package, substantially as describe Intestimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

MARY ISABEL COOPER.

FRnDERIo GRIMR, H. D. JAMEsoN.

